Spanish Music of the Golden Age (Suite I)

Spanish Music of the Golde Age (1600-1700)

1.- Rujero (Gaspar Sanz, 1640-1710)
2.- Paradetas (Gaspar Sanz)
3.- Folias (Anonymous)
4.- Pabana (Francisco Guerau, 1649-1717/22)
5.- Vacas (Anonymous)

Performers:
The Extempore String Ensemble
-William Thorp: violin, guitar
-Rosemary Thorndycraft: bass viol, harp
-Sally Owen: spinet, tenor viol, tambourine
-Robin Jeffrey: guitar, theorbo
-George Weigand (director): bandurrias, lutes, vandola, harp

This Suite consists of some of the most popular grounds for variations and dances, most of which had survived from the sixteenth century and remained popular into the eighteenth. The Rujero is probably named from a character in the epic ballad, the "Song of Roland" which existed in Spanish versions from at least the thirteenth century. The piece was also well known in Italy and England. The Folias was originally Portuguese but early on became a characteristically Spanish form. It was at first very fast (the means "mad dance"). The Pabana (pavan), one of the best known court dances of the Renaissance, was probably another native Spanish form. It remained popular in Spain and still exists in some parts of the country. Vacas is a ground bass which is a survival of the older son "Guardame las vacas", used as the basis for sets of variations for vihuela, harp, guitar and other instruments.The paradetas dates from the second half of the seventeenth century and is a set dance for a couple.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Spanish baroque music
• Spanish Golde Age
• Gaspar Sanz
• Francisco Guerau

[cromben]

Great video/music. I'm vaguely familiar with Spanish Renaissance painters and I see that several of these are Diego Valazquez. I don't recognize a few of them and I was wondering if someone could identify the artist who painted the one piece with a skull, coins and a gun on what looks like a table? It's amazing.

[sh4m69]

@cromben This painting was made by Francisco Palacios. Is a detail of "El sueño del Caballero"

[sh4m69]

@cromben although some say it was painted by Antonio de Pereda, but is assumed to Palacios.



[Kievest]

The only bad thing about this video is

that it had to come to an end....sensitive

and seamless presentation of glorious

art and music!  An extraordinary offering!

Bravo!

[arunah11]

Pure enjoyment !

[MrVideomadman]

This was real music! True. Tinkering. Timeless. Nothing compares today.

[mermaidmelody123123]

Ahh, listening to this while writting a sequel to Don Quixote for school.

Pleasure. (Uh wait, am I supposed to supposed to sound smart and educated, or speak in Spanish?)

[MrBurdett007]

The string music is exquisite and the accompanying pictures pleasure the eye as much as the music pleasures the ear.

[6907Humberto]

Yo confieso al escuchar esta música maravillosa que el único mestizaje y la unica fusión de las razas en el Virreinato fueron en el Arte. La Música, la Pintura y la Arquitectura de la Nueva España florecieron con este mestizaje.

[Elaguine81]

Magnifique Musique....

Merci de partager.

Marcel-Paul

[themailman43]

Absolutely wonderful music , it takes you to another time. The paintings are beaufitul too.

[231de300]

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